On a night Bruno was sloppy and looked knackered Pogba stepped up and played very well and ticked us over.
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Thought he created many chances but could have made himself available for the ball more. Got isolated between Sigurdsson and DCL too easily.
Solid performance in the engine room, even did some defensive work well.
Agreed, why even bother to argue
Fantastic game. He's back to his best.
Another very good performance. He is doing that consistency thing people have been asking for.
Time for a new 500,000 contract
Almost a complete CM performance, fair play for busting a gut even after 90 minutes on the pitch and staying 100% concentrated.
We actually controlled the midfield with Matic and Pogba, which is great to see.
We actually controlled the midfield with Matic and Pogba, which is great to see.
In the 1st half yes but in the 2nd he was very good IMHO.
Played really well. His form has been ranging from very good to great ever since those Raiola comments. Pretty weird but I'll take it. Regardless of him staying or not I really like he's not sulking or dropping his head down and acting like a true professional.
He looked a little like the disinterested Pogba at times in the first half but good when he had the ball. Overall he was probably the best player on the pitch.
No complaints.
Credit where due.
Composed, combined well, stayed focused the whole 90, finally picked up some good tackles and recoveries.
Keep it up, and you just might win us over.
Credit where due.
Composed, combined well, stayed focused the whole 90, finally picked up some good tackles and recoveries.
Keep it up, and you just might win us over.
Top notch midfield showing, playing well at the moment.
Very good again
Very good tonight. No complaints and he worked hard.
I thought he had a really good game. Looked great when he had the ball and tried to move it on and make things happen. On a different day, with a more sharper attack, he would've had an assist or two to his name.
Been in cracking form recently. Long may it continue.
He was head and shoulders above the rest tonight, looks so assured on the ball at the moment and like that he's keeping it relatively simple at the right times
Don't understand these comments to be honest. Played it way too safe and simple all game, sideway passes all game long, we have Fred and Mctominay for that.
Pogba has the skill to offer us a lot more.
Pogba has the skill to offer us a lot more.
Offer more of what ? He is playing a CM, wtf do you expect ? If most people saw that he played rather well then really you gotta reconsider a few things
Showed unusual maturity today. I'm surprised.
Very good performance. He has now been consistent for 3-4 games, hopefully it continues, deserves to start against leicester.
Very good performance. He has now been consistent for 3-4 games, hopefully it continues, deserves to start against leicester.
Great performance, especially his defensive work.
In this match there were way too many United players who gave away the ball with poor passes. Good at least one of them played simple.
Was he being man-marked by Siggurdson or did they always end up in the same part together? Even for the Cavani goal, Martial had an ocean of space because Siggurdson pressed Pogba and left a gap.
Anyway, solid performance, he was probably the reason for the skewed possession/territory in the match. MotM in an unspectacular match.
Anyway, solid performance, he was probably the reason for the skewed possession/territory in the match. MotM in an unspectacular match.
I am probably just nitpicking. He won the ball back very well at times today. His yellow definitely wasn’t a yellow so he did well not to get another.
Really good disciplined performance tonight. He carries on playing like this, it'll be hard to drop him.
He was very good tonight. All of the quality with none of the brain farts.
Man of the match
More forward passing, passing between the lines, switches of play.
Less passing it back to Maguire, Bailly and sideways to Matic - which he did all game long. I don't think that's too much to ask of him is it?
I would say its a run of the mill performance, I think we are so desperate for him to do well here that an average performance garners the type of reactions we are seeing here.
Just class tonight and has been playing very well for a while now. When you watch him play the way he can I would hate to see him leave.
Excellent again. Another midfield masterclass from Labile
I believe this was his best game for us this season. Defensively he was as good/better than Matic again. Offensively he was the only real midfielder, with Matic deep and Bruno&Donny roaming around. I would like him to make himself more available for the ball, as it would've been helpful to get the ball through the lines, but it's just something he doesn't do.
It wasn't particularly difficult game though. Nothing Fred couldn't have done really, but credit where it's due for Pogba.
It wasn't particularly difficult game though. Nothing Fred couldn't have done really, but credit where it's due for Pogba.
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He had to play it simple today. We didn’t have the legs in midfield to cover expansive high risk football and the last thing you want in a cup game is lots of transitions and high % turnovers.
He played and created well today and in the context of the match did exactly what the game needed.
There were not the passes on tonight for him to do that nor was this the right match to be constantly firing forward.
Can you show me any occasion where he should have played forward or wide tonight?
Controlling possession against Everton works. It was the right tactic and performance from him tonight. Not world class but exactly what you’d want from him.
The difference is who is in front of him. If we want him to pass forward then we need runners, movement and options. You can only blame someone for sideways, backward passing, dwelling on and losing the ball if he's avoiding the forward passes. We now have so much more in front of him and hence he is playing better.
Motm for me
People saying he played too safe expect him to be Ronaldinho in the CM role, wtf.
Played an intelligent game tonight which I didn’t think I’d see from him. He did well.
My MOTM. Hope we can capitalize on his good form in the busy holidays schedule, we need him.
Playing for a transfer now so you'd expect his form to pick up. That's fine and will suit us nicely in the short term.
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